Teachers serving under the two prevalent administrative structures - the Autonomous District Council (ADC) and the directorate of schools education - have already threatened to launch protests on different issues.
Now, 1167 primary teachers working on a contractual basis in government schools have decided to surrender their contract agreement papers en masse in protest against the government's failure to regularize them and clear three months of entitlements.
The irate teachers, who formed a body - Association of the DPC Successful Candidates for Primary Teachers 2006 Manipur - said despite chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh having assured them of regularizing their posts after three months of appointment, no relevant steps have been initiated in this direction by the government.
An ultimatum to translate the assurance into action by July 27 has been served to the government, said the association's president, M S Rahaman, adding that failure to implement their demands would leave them with no other option but to resign en masse.
He also cautioned that more a vigorous agitation, which could destabilize the academic atmosphere in Manipur, would be launched if their demands are not complied with.
The teachers had joined their duties on April 11 this year because of the CM's assurance that their posts would be regularized within three months of appointment, Rahaman said. A contract agreement, according to which the primary teachers were entitled to receive a monthly emolument of Rs 7,600 for 11 months, was signed with the government, he said at a media conference.
Stating that a senior official had sent a formal intimation to the government for the release of around Rs 9 crore to clear the due emoluments, he said nothing positive has actually come out of the move.
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